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  1. 1966
    Alaska Federation of Natives established to speak with one voice
    A statewide conference of more than 400 Alaska Natives, representing several regional associations, ...
  2. 1964
    Great Alaska Earthquake levels Alaska Native villages
    On March 27, the Great Alaska Earthquake, also known as the Good Friday Earthquake, destroys the Alaska ...
  3. 1961
    Alaska Native organizations unify; call for federal recognition of rights
    Three regional Alaska Native organizations—the Alaska Native Brotherhood, the Dena Nena Henash, and ...
  4. 1959
    Washington State challenges tribal treaty fishing rights
    Washington State authorities forcefully evict Puyallup, Nisqually, and other tribal subsistence fishermen ...
  5. 1958
    Alaska Native land claims complicate Alaska statehood
    Alaska becomes the 49th state in the United States. With statehood comes a federal mandate to specify ...
  6. 1953
    Congress seeks to abolish tribes, relocate American Indians
    Congress passes a resolution beginning a federal policy of termination, through which American Indian ...
  7. 1953
    Dam floods hospital, one-quarter of reservation
    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes the Garrison Dam on the Missouri River at Fort Berthold Reservation ...
  8. 1952
    Cold War brings construction jobs to Alaska Natives
    The military starts construction of the Distant Early Warning System across the Arctic. Many Alaska ...
  9. 1951
    Kea‘iwa Heiau, a sacred site on O‘ahu, is rededicated
    Atop a hill on O‘ahu, Native Hawaiians rededicate the sacred site Kea‘iwa Heiau, originally built in ...
  10. 1950s
    Alaska’s commercial crab Industry grows
    King crab becomes popular on menus in restaurants across Alaska and the western U.S. The red crab, found ...
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